Women as spoils of war: the systematic and coordinated rape campaign by Russian soldiers against Ukrainian girls and women
Raped and mutilated bodies continue to appear. Several international organizations are collecting evidence. What drives combatants to commit these brutalities? The cases of the Soviets in Berlin in 1945, the Japanese in Nanjing, the Americans in My Lai
The UN considers that Russian massacres in Ukraine “may constitute war crimes”
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesman for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that Putin's armed forces “indiscriminately bombed inhabited areas, killed civilians and destroyed hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure”
German Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz held Vladimir Putin responsible for “war crimes” in Ukraine
“The killing of thousands of civilians we have witnessed is a war crime for which the Russian president bears responsibility,” he said.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court visited Bucha and declared that “Ukraine is the scene of a crime”
Karim Khan toured the Ukrainian city where the Russian occupation left more than 400 civilians dead. “We are here because we have reasonable grounds to believe that crimes are being committed that fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC,” he said.
Olaf Scholz promised Zelensky that he will do everything possible to bring the war crimes committed by the Russians to be tried
Ukraine opened 5,600 investigations into alleged war crimes committed on its territory since the start of the Russian invasion. “According to the city authorities, there are currently a total of 360 civilians killed in Bucha, including at least ten children”
The Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office identified 5,600 cases constituting war crimes during the Russian invasion
The country's attorney general, Irina Venediktova, explained that they are investigating more than 500 senior Russian political and military officials. In addition, he accused Putin of becoming the “leading war criminal of the 21st century.” SENSITIVE IMAGES
Ukraine published a shocking online archive documenting Putin's war crimes: “He won't be able to hide the truth”
It is a detailed record of the rape, torture and murder of civilians. The chancellor explained that the initiative was launched “so that the world knows the truth and to hold Russians accountable for every drop of Ukrainian blood they shed”
The mayor of Bucha said that about 320 civilians were killed by the Russian army
The official said he personally witnessed the execution of several people by Putin's forces
Pain in the first person: Amnesty International gathered shocking testimonies of war crimes in Ukraine
The human rights NGO presented accounts of indiscriminate executions and killings by Vladimir Putin's troops
Joe Biden denounced “serious war crimes” committed by Russia in the city of Bucha
The US president referred to the images of the Ukrainian city that horrified the world by showing an indiscriminate killing of civilians by Russian troops